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By: Harry Campbell Vaiden III

Harry Campbell Vaiden III — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:42:55 +0000

My great grandfather, Joseph Campbell Vaiden, M.D., was born in New Kent County, VA in 1829. He graduated William & Mary College in 1848 and the Medical College of VA in Richmond in 1851. He married Martha Tyler and settled in Louisa, VA to practice medicine. During the War years he was a Captain in the Confederacy assigned to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. After the War he and Martha settled in Goshen, VA. She died in a buggy accident in early 1880′s and was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond next to her parents. She and Dr. Vaiden had no children. In 1887 Dr. Vaiden remarried Dora Bell Critzer of Mt Sidney, VA in Nelson County. To them one child was born, a son, Harry Campbell Vaiden 1889-1926. Dr. Vaiden administered to the sick in Goshen until his death from pneumonia in 1898. He is buried in the Baptist Churchyard in Goshen. The date of birth on his tombstone indicates he was born in 1837 which is an error. The correct date is 1829. About 1900 his widow and young son moved to Augusta, GA where the Vaiden family continues to reside.

By: Al Kresse

Al Kresse — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:05:12 +0000

Looking for data on the Victoria Iron Blast Furnace in Goshen . . . like when was it last blown and when was it scrapped out, etc. You can see the tracks to the furnace on the MapQuest aerial maps.

By: Rob Rasner Myspace

Rob Rasner Myspace — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:29:57 +0000

I recently learned this blog History Town of Goshen, Virginia by way of Google… what a pleasant surprise Kudos … Rob Rasner Myspace

By: Susan Scott

Susan Scott — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:24:49 +0000

My mother had wrote on her marriage certificate that she was born in Goshen. I hope to find some paper trail to prove her claim to Goshen, Virginia!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:22:30 +0000

Thank you!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:19:53 +0000

You are most welcome!

By: Teresa Clark Cunningham

Teresa Clark Cunningham — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:15:27 +0000

I’ve never seen this plaque before today. My Grandfather, Charles E. Whitlock is on it and I thank the community for honoring him this way. My Mother is Charles and Magdalena Whitlock’s oldest daughter, Mary Lee Whitlock Clark. My Grandfather met my Grandmother while he was deployed. She was originally from Poland. She lost all of her family in the war. She was taken to a displaced person’s camp in Linz, Austria after liberation of the concentration camps in Poland. He was in a transportation unit that assisted the former detainees and they met on one of these journeys. They married in Vienna, Austria. My mother married Philip Lindsay Clark from Millboro.

Thank you for posting this picture!!!

By: Heaven Hamilton

Heaven Hamilton — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:02:15 +0000

I’ve lived in Goshen my entire life so far and i must say, it’s amazing. Everybody knows everybody and the people are so nice. It’s great to be able to go to the store and be able to name everyone working there without even thinking twice. Knowing every car you pass and welcoming visitors as if they were the Goshen family too. Goshen is just a wonderful town and it has an amazing history. If everything was the way it was when my daddy was a child and lived here, I can only imagine how much more exciting and beautiful this small town would be.

By: Chris Harper

Chris Harper — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:37:39 +0000

It’s cool to think what Goshen might be like today if Stillwater, the school, the hotel, and the train station were still open. it seems to me that goshen was meant to be a great city at start, but its a great town instead

By: Catherine Bolick

Catherine Bolick — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:16:59 +0000

My father (James William Davis) was born in Goshen in 1916. His father was William Oliver Davis. I think Granddad’s brother also lived in the area. I was told the old homestead became part of the Boy Scout camp. I’m sure they weren’t the original Davis family in Goshen but it’s interesting to see the name in the history.
Your county is one of the most beautiful areas I’ve had the good fortune to visit.